Full Coverage: Emergency relief

30.11.2005 An Islamic charity with modest English roots is now a worldwide network. A lesson for southern NGOs, says openDemocracy columnist Ehsan Masood.

29.11.2005 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka and Indonesia must provide more appropriate land on which to build permanent shelter for survivors of last year's tsunami, aid charity Oxfam says.

28.11.2005 The Tamil Information Centre presents its fifth report on relief efforts - particularly in north-east Sri Lanka - since the tsunami struck almost one year ago.

25.11.2005 Without urgent international action to deal with the consequences of this year's food crisis in Niger, the country faces a second successive year of extreme suffering and hardship, the UN World Food Programme has warned.

24.11.2005 Increasing numbers of individuals, who somehow manage to get out of areas flattened by the quake, say that even where distribution centres of relief supplies are in place, they are not distributing them with any sense of urgency because questions of policy and eligibility are under consideration.

23.11.2005 The Pakistani government has announced an increase in compensation for survivors whose houses were devastated in the 8 October quake. The survivors could now get up to nearly $2,929 for rebuilding their houses, an increase of about $2,511.

22.11.2005 A multi-lingual poll designed to gauge public opinion on national issues in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has shown that poverty at home is a more important issue to U.S. residents than fighting terrorism and establishing democracies in Iraq and Afghanistan.

22.11.2005 While warmly welcoming Saturday's international donors' conference for Pakistan's recovery from last month's devastating earthquake, a group of United Nations experts warned today that the vast majority of pledges are earmarked for long-term recovery even as operations remain in the critical rescue and assistance phase.

22.11.2005 Eleven months after the tsunami, women--and small grants--are playing key roles in efforts to rebuild. Have a look at the devastation that remains, but don't miss the story of Sareena, whose enterprising spirit shows how lives can be rebuilt--with a little help from around the world.

20.11.2005 The United Nations is urged to scale up its aid operation in Pakistan immediately, and for international donors to fund the aid response properly.

20.11.2005 What lessons can be learned by examining the economic and financial consequences of natural disasters in eight developing countries and droughts in sub-Saharan Africa?

18.11.2005 A law guaranteeing construction workers on federal contracts the prevailing wage of the area in which they are working was suspended for post-Katrina reconstruction projects. The law was recently reinstated after citizens from all over the U.S. sent messages urging Congress to overturn the suspension.

17.11.2005 Muhammad Yunus, a pioneer in the field of social entrepreneurship, offers advice on how credit, small businesses, and social businesses can help rebuild the Gulf Coast region.

14.11.2005 Reports are coming through that weaker members of village communities in the earthquake region are unable to compete for their share of the inadequate relief supplies. A much more energetic response from the military is desperately needed, says Shazad Ali

11.11.2005 A party in aid of the Disasters Emergency Committee Asia Quake Appeal will be held in London on 27 November, with Tim Kash and Preeya Kalidas, Jay Sean & Rishi Rich, Kray Twinz, Rouge, the Panjabi Hit Squad, Masterstepz, Hanif & Kojo.

11.11.2005 Pakistani-American professionals and students held a candle light vigil on Tuesday night to put the spotlight on the earthquake that killed nearly 79,000 in Pakistan and over 1,300 in India. Tuesday was significant as it was the first monthly anniversary of the devastating quake that rendered millions homeless in Kashmir. Rahul Kumar reports from a gathering of concerned Pakistani expats in New York.

11.11.2005 An acute lack of latrines in quake-affected areas of northern Pakistan will undermine health and could lead to serious disease outbreaks unless immediate action is taken, aid workers warn.

11.11.2005 By linking local grassroots networks with national and international relief and reconstruction programs, social entrepreneurs are focusing on local needs and customs to provide immediate relief and implement badly needed systemic changes in earthquake-affected Kashmir.

10.11.2005 Hopes that humanitarianism would trump hatred in post-earthquake South Asia and help end the long-running crisis in Kashmir look bleak, Ali Hasan, Human Rights Watch’s Pakistan researcher, told a meeting in the Houses of Parliament. Daniel Nelson reports.

* UK Department for International Development South Asia earthquake: what we are doing

09.11.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov 9 (OneWorld) - International relief workers issued urgent appeals for money Tuesday as the harsh Himalayan winter threatened to kill untold numbers of people among the three million children, women, and men left homeless by last month's earthquake in Kashmir and Pakistan's North West Frontier Province.